I think your average murder hobos would get themselves killed pretty quickly in this game. However if you had a group that was willing to meta-game a little to spread out the caster types you could make it work. You’d likely need to plan each encounter to make sure people knew their role in the fight. Making it to level 5 would probably be the hardest part of the game
Definitely. Shield is already an incredibly useful spell, but with no dedicated frontliners (and I do think that someone running a bladesinger would be rather against the spirit of this idea) you’re gonna need to preserve every hit point you’ve got, so everyone better be grabbing that. If you’re all already agreeing to stick to just two classes, or maybe three if you include warlocks, then the meta-strategising is already in the room. Plus you’ve likely got at least a couple of high-int wizards who can very justifiably be obsessive planners in-character.
All that said, I have run 5E games with some very unbalanced parties and it has geeeeenerally worked out fine anyway. It was funny when six players showed up and the highest charisma score between them was 12. They just had to get creative in social challenges.
It also depends on strict you are about the rule. A divine soul sorcerer/celestial warlock comes with minor healing. I’d also want the team to have familiars and summons to try to eat some damage until you get the really good crowd control effects
I think your average murder hobos would get themselves killed pretty quickly in this game. However if you had a group that was willing to meta-game a little to spread out the caster types you could make it work. You’d likely need to plan each encounter to make sure people knew their role in the fight. Making it to level 5 would probably be the hardest part of the game
Definitely. Shield is already an incredibly useful spell, but with no dedicated frontliners (and I do think that someone running a bladesinger would be rather against the spirit of this idea) you’re gonna need to preserve every hit point you’ve got, so everyone better be grabbing that. If you’re all already agreeing to stick to just two classes, or maybe three if you include warlocks, then the meta-strategising is already in the room. Plus you’ve likely got at least a couple of high-int wizards who can very justifiably be obsessive planners in-character.
All that said, I have run 5E games with some very unbalanced parties and it has geeeeenerally worked out fine anyway. It was funny when six players showed up and the highest charisma score between them was 12. They just had to get creative in social challenges.
Fine, I’ll pick War Mage
Simply bring a necromancer if you’re that worried about meat shields - or I guess bone shields.
Or a summoner. Monster Summoning spells are crazy useful for flanking or meat shields.
Oh and someone has to have Improved Familiar to have a pseudo dragon familiar so that they can get flanking damage from “themselves.”
It also depends on strict you are about the rule. A divine soul sorcerer/celestial warlock comes with minor healing. I’d also want the team to have familiars and summons to try to eat some damage until you get the really good crowd control effects
If the other two replies to this take what they mentioned we’re most of the way to a coherent party by now
I’ll bring the abjurations specialist
Implying the game won’t get impossible after everyone learns Fireball
To whom it may combust